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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Key signature
Chorale
Cadence
Glee
2. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Consonance
Quadrille
Minuet
Scherzo
3. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Grandioso
Choir
Flat
Adagio
4. A string of chords played in succession.
Song cycle
Grazioso
Chord progression
Serenade
5. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Twelve-tone music
Finale
Canon
Virtuoso
6. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Recitative
Grave
Choir
Obbligato
7. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Etude
Twelve-tone music
Round
Notation
8. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Quintet
Tessitura
Temperament
9. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Part
Partita
Pastoral
Round
10. A short light musical drama.
Treble
Modulation
Quartet
Operetta
11. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Leading note
Whole note
Timbre
Register
12. A composition written for nine instruments.
Nonet
Chamber music
Fourth
Unison
13. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Overture
Concert master
Medley
Triplet
14. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Orchestration
Recapitulation
Cadenza
Neoclassical
15. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Drone
Suite
Register
Scordatura
16. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Legato
Impromptu
Measure
Requiem
17. Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played. Harmony also refers to the study of chord progressions.
March
Harmony
Cantata
String Quartet
18. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Sextet
Register
Romantic
Flat
19. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Chromatic scale
Octet
Stretto
Grazioso
20. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
String Quartet
Recapitulation
Allegro
Beat
21. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Classicism
Quadrille
Pizzicato
Timbre
22. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Chorale
Tablature
Ostinato
Orchestration
23. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Concerto
Introduction
Pentatonic Scale
Chant
24. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Mezzo
Tone less
Sonata form
Capriccio
25. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Triplet
Accelerando
Chorus
Elegy
26. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
Musette
Polytonality
Natural
Chant
27. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Intonation
Verismo
Soprano
Chorus
28. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Legato
Orchestra
Cadenza
Drone
29. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Monotone
Slur
Espressivo
Pentatonic Scale
30. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Harmony
Grave
Tone less
Baroque
31. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Trio
Trill
Leading note
Sequence
32. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Gregorian Chant
Counterpoint
Natural
Glissando
33. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Quartet
Treble
Recitative
Gavotte
34. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Ricercar
Rondo
Duet
Contralto
35. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Orchestration
Triplet
Pastoral
Scordatura
36. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Octet
Nocturne
Musette
Trio
37. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Chamber music
Classical
Quadrille
Medley
38. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Deceptive cadence
Vivace
Impromptu
Recital
39. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Energico
Orchestra
Drone
Leading note
40. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Whole-tone scale
Elegy
Timbre
Pizzicato
41. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Introduction
Concerto
Introduction
A cappella
42. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Clef
Cadence
Symphony
Conductor
43. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Renaissance
Ensemble
Chorale
Fifth
44. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Unison
Recitative
Verismo
Pitch
45. A line in a contrapuntal work performed by an individual voice or instrument.
Root
Grandioso
Dynamics
Part
46. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Ensemble
Fourth
Baroque
Finale
47. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Tuning
Elegy
Etude
Verismo
48. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Clef
Partial
System
Accelerando
49. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Motif
Oratorio
Part
Grazioso
50. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Opus
Vivace
Quadrille
Duet